The Regional Implementation of the Employer Training Pilots in the United Kingdom

Abstract

This chapter provides a thorough examination of the Employer Training Pilots (ETPs), a recent initiative of the British government to encourage skills acquisition at the local level. After mapping out the major policy initiatives in the United Kingdom over the last decade, the authors turn their attention to the UK labour market context and the particular situation of Derbyshire, a mixed urban and rural county in the East Midlands.